I got this error while restoring my backup of the rootfs:
I had done:
tar -jxvvf /home/droidzone/documents/rootfs.tar.bz2
Since I was using the verbose option -vv, I couldnt notice what the error mesage was.
I tried the ignore error option with:
tar -ignore-command-error -ignore-failed-read -jxvvf /home/droidzone/documents/rootfs.tar.bz2
But the error happened again.
Removing the verbose option showed the error:
[email protected]:/# tar -ignore-command-error -ignore-failed-read -jxf /home/droidzone/documents/rootfs.tar.bz2 tar: dev/pts/2: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted tar: dev/pts/0: Cannot mknod: File exists tar: dev/pts/1: Cannot mknod: File exists tar: dev/pts/ptmx: Cannot mknod: File exists
So if you have block devices and try to restore to them, this error can happen. And it’s in most cases safe to ignore.
Joel G Mathew, known in tech circles by the pseudonym Droidzone, is an opensource and programming enthusiast.
He is a full stack developer, whose favorite languages are currently Python and Vue.js. He is also fluent in Javascript, Flutter/Dart, Perl, PHP, SQL, C and bash shell scripting. He loves Linux, and can often be found tinkering with linux kernel code, and source code for GNU applications. He used to be an active developer on XDA forums, and his tinkered ROMS used to be very popular in the early 2000s.
His favorite pastime is grappling with GNU compilers, discovering newer Linux secrets, writing scripts, hacking roms, and programs (nothing illegal), reading, blogging. and testing out the latest gadgets.
When away from the tech world, Dr Joel G. Mathew is a practising ENT Surgeon, busy with surgeries and clinical practise.